A riveting and passionate tale of intellectual inquiry into the origins of Polynesia.
Review: The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Light Years is the perfect novel for a society sleep-walking towards disaster.
Review: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
An ambitious novel about war and memory.
Review: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend
The Fifth Sun is a fascinating, scholarly and moving portrayal of a people surviving colonisation.
Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
A tale of despair, illness and poverty that captures the swooping highs and devastating lows of life.
Review: The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James
A novel that does what it says, painting a portrait of an ambitious and charming young woman as she seeks to experience all life has to offer.
The best books I’ve read 2020
The books that have had the biggest impact on me this year.
Review: A Couple Of Things Before The End by Sean O’Beirne
These stories are about traditional Aussie men, all at sea in their emotions.
Review: The Adventures Of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre)
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Review: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)
This is a novel that does what it says: a truly discomforting tale of death and grief set in a grim twilight world.
